North Korea Nuclear Test

Yesterday, on February 11, North Korea carried out its first nuclear test under the North's young leader, Kim Jong Un. Seismic activity had been picked up by the US geological survey which located quakes of magnitude 4.9 on the Richter scale. The North Korean agency said the test had been in response to "outrageous" US hostility that "violently" undermined the regime's right to peacefully launch satellites – a reference to the condemnation and tighter sanctions that greeted Pyongyang's successful rocket launch almost two months ago. China (North Korea's ally) along with the U.N. are condemning the test. The US, South Korea, Japan and European nations are expected to meet for further sanctions. North Korea "does not and will not benefit from violating international law," said Susan Rice, American Ambassador to the United Nations, who stressed that the country has "isolated and impoverished its people from its ill-advised pursuit" of weapons of mass destruction and weapons delivery systems. I believe North Korea should have the right to build nuclear weapons for protection purposes (as the US has them), but their hostile mentality towards the rest of the rest of the world is unsettling. I hope this does not end up in a WW III.